Denton (Tameside)

10°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:29

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order1
• Robbery1

Neighbourhood team: Debdale · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

712 reported road collisions (2025)

261 killed or seriously injured · 848 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 363 rated 4–5 ★ (273 top)
• 33 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Reddish North (0.9 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£256,760 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,373 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,003
• 2 bed £1,233
• 3 bed £1,433

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,637 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.6 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 42 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: McDonald's Debdale Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches68
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

551,937 residents in Manchester · 4,773/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK59,941
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK71,756
• Net moves−11,815

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 252,780)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

219 schools · 96,378 pupils

136 primary · 30 secondary · 53 other

Ofsted: 57 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

187 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

591 CQC-registered services

• Care homes88
• GP practices141
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies124
• Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

• Not in the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

403 applications decided

92.8% granted · 374 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Hannah Spencer

Green Party

Gorton and Denton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 64
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens108
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,885 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 339,861 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 45% · Wind 32% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.7 women · 56.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in M18

• Gorton Medical Centre
• Mount Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gorton and Denton:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND168 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth159 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks140 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK106 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 94 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Gorton Reservoirs · 0.4 km

  Gorton Reservoirs are two reservoirs on the boundary of Tameside and Manchester in the North West of England. They are Gorton Upper Reservoir and Gorton Lower Reservoir. The upper and lower sections are separated by a…

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  Debdale Park · 0.4 km

  Debdale Park is an inner-city park, located in the Gorton area of Manchester, England. At around 45 acres (18 ha), it is one of the largest inner-city parks in the City of Manchester.

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  Hyde Road railway station · 0.7 km

  Hyde Road was a railway station in Gorton, Manchester, England, on the Fallowfield Loop Line. It opened in 1892 and closed in 1958, when local passenger services on the line were withdrawn. The station was sometimes a…

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  Abbey Hey F.C. · 0.9 km

  Abbey Hey Football Club is a football club named after the Abbey Hey area of Gorton, Manchester, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at the Abbey Stadium. Th…

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  Brookfield Unitarian Church · 0.9 km

  Brookfield Unitarian Church, Gorton, Manchester, England is a Victorian Gothic church. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella body for British Unitarians.

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  Reddish North railway station · 1.0 km

  Reddish North is one of two railway stations serving the suburb of Reddish in Stockport, England; the other is Reddish South. It is on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)